Nikon
TC-E15ED 1.5X Telephoto Converter Lens

Written: February 2005

If you love your 5700, you owe it to yourself
to purchase the TC-E15ED. I strongly recommend this product!

I purchased a Nikon TC-E15ED 1.5X Telephoto Converter
Lens for my 5700 about a year ago, and I absolutely love it. It brings
the built in lens of the 5700 out to the 35mm equivalent of 420mm. The
optics are perfectly matched resulting in tack sharp images from corner
to corner. It's a fairly small lens, and the additional weight (a mere
9.7 oz) actually balances the 5700 perfectly. I have handheld 420mm images
at remarkably slow shutter speeds (1/90th of a second).

This lens is theaded for standard 58mm filters. It works
particularly well for my setup because I also use 58mm filters on my 5700
utilizing the Nextphoto
Adapter.

The only slight downside to this lens is that you can
only use it at maximum telephoto. None-the-less, I think it's a great
accessory for around $150 in the United States.

My Nikon 5700 with the UR-E8 and TC-E15ED mounted.
This setup gives me the 35mm equivalent of a 420mm lens!

Useful Tip: The TC-E15ED
comes with a very nice soft lens pouch for storage. Additionally, the
lens pouch will hold the TC-E15ED with the UR-E8 adapter ring still attached.
To top it all off, the pouch will then fit right into the bottom of the Tamrac
5696 Case, with plenty of room for the 5700 to fit above it. (The
filter case, which I had previously stored in the bottom of my Tamrac
case, clips nicely onto the shoulder strap.) The result is the same ulta-compact
camera package that I have grown to love while hiking and exploring in
the great outdoors.

If you love your 5700, you owe
it to yourself to purchase the TC-E15ED. I strongly recommend this product!

Panoramas

Vacation Planning

Since I get a lot of questions from folks who are planning their first
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list of frequently asked questions to help others who are planning
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Ward Roylance

One of the most important aspects of my life has been the immense honor
of seeing some very special areas of southern Utah with Ward Roylance,
who knew and appreciated the Red Rock Country of southern Utah better than
any other person on Earth.